This article will be a simple causality exploration of why (some) public spaces in Jakarta are (still) ugly, in this case the river.
Common discussions on the theme tend to be too simplistic to the level of condescending and fatalistic, it's not giving any clue to what can be done to improve the situation. In this discussion we are trying a more thorough causality exploration on why (some) public spaces in Jakarta are (still) ugly. We will take river side of Jakarta as an example.
The river is ugly because the river is treated as dumpster because the river is seen as backyard because the river is ugly, or vice versa, it brings us nowhere.
